00:00This is all not roses right now for L.A. with the way they have played post All-Star break.
00:06There appears to be something wrong, and it could just be getting tired.
00:11I mean, I think one of the things that we all got to look at is how much baseball the
00:17L.A. Dodgers have played over the last three years.
00:20I mean, they've played a ton, whether it be World Baseball Classics, post-seasons.
00:26I mean, Otani has multiple injuries he is dealing with, and they're trying to work him back up by getting
00:33him there,
00:34but getting him the pitches in the bullpen to ramp up to be able to pitch out of the bullpen
00:40at some point,
00:40maybe in the regular season, but also maybe in the postseason.
00:44Dodgers' bullpen is a concern.
00:46It's just a concern.
00:47I don't think it's an Achilles heel, but I think it's a concern.
00:51You know, the Dodgers have thrown a lot of money around in the wintertime to acquire a bunch of players
00:58that have come in and been okay.
01:02I mean, okay?
01:05I'll be very curious to see how this whole thing goes.
01:09Three-peats are extremely rare in baseball.
01:11It's so hard to do, even with a payroll that's ridiculous.
01:16Again, I think Pat Murphy is the guy, and I will always, you know, Dave Roberts will always be a
01:24guy who I love, who I look at.
01:27I will be a fan of his forever, okay?
01:31I'm a Red Sox fan, for goodness sakes.
01:33It's Dave Roberts.
01:35But there are questions about in-game moves.
01:39There are questions about his style, his managerial decisions.
01:42I'll take Pat Murphy any day of the week when it comes to how he's going to handle his team
01:46versus how the most talented roster, it's hard to screw it up sometimes.
01:52But you can, and it's happened before.
01:54Super teams don't always do what the Dodgers have done.
01:57I mean, this is all about the Brewers to me.
02:01Again, am I biased?
02:03Of course, I have a 12-1 ticket on the Brewers to win it all.
02:06I am 100% locked in on the Brewers making the National League Championship Series.
02:10Do they get there?
02:12I think so.
02:13It's not going to be easy to get there, but I think that they will get there.
02:16I think the Cubs are going to have something to say for it, and I think the Braves and the
02:19Phillies are going to be in the conversation.
02:21This is going to be a fun National League postseason, and maybe it's somebody else that will knock out the
02:27Dodgers,
02:27and we don't get the Dodgers and the Brewers in the National League Championship Series.
02:32It's potential.
02:33But I do think there is a real question right now.
02:37If you look at the odds for the MVP in the National League, Pete Crow Armstrong has passed Ohtani because
02:44folks are looking at Ohtani and they're thinking he is not healthy.
02:47He's not pitching.
02:48He's not hitting as much.
02:49So here's an issue.
02:50You know, you look at the overall picture of the Dodgers and you're like, that team is leaking oil and
02:57they're kind of hoping to get to the playoffs where they're better suited to face teams and match up against
03:02teams in the regular season.
03:05Things aren't going great right now for the L.A. Dodgers, and that's been an this is an unusual spot
03:12for them to be in.
03:13I mean, normally the Dodgers, they have a seven game lead over the Padres.
03:17OK, so the division is not a question, but they've had double digit leads in August and September, and that's
03:24what they're accustomed to.
03:26So they've got the Cubs to worry about.
03:28They have the Braves to worry about.
03:29They have the Phillies to worry about.
03:31And I just don't think it's going to be an easy walk in the park for them like it has
03:36been in years prior.
03:37So. I'm in, I'm in on the Brewers, I'm in on this team, I'm cheering for this team, I'm pulling
03:45for this team, let's get it done.
03:47Let's get the Brewers to get past the Dodgers.
03:50It could happen.
03:51I've already bet it to happen, but it could happen if the Brewers get past the Dodgers, the Brewers are
03:56going to win their championship.
03:58They're finally going to get going to get over the hump here and get there again, the National League so
04:02much better than the American League, in my opinion.
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